Battery



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r W. MORISON.

BATTERY.

Patented Mar. 22, 18.98.

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UNiTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM MORISON, 'oE MONTCLAIR, NEW JERSEY.

BATTERY.

srEoI'FIoATIo'N formingpazt er Letters Batent No. 601,042, dated March 22, 1898.

' 1 Application filed January 20,1896. Serial No. 576,231. (No model.)

To all .zohom may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM MORISON, a subjectof the Queen of Great Britain, and a resident 'of Montclair, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented a certain struction, inexpensive in manufacture, and

efficient in practical use.

To attain the desired end, my invention consists in the "construction, arrangement,

and Operation of parts hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings which accompany and form a part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a front view of abattery and lamp constructed according to myinvention. is a central vertical section thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan, and Fig. 4 a side elevation, of the same, taken on the line 2 2, Fig. 3. Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 are views in detail, respectively,"ofmyizinc cap and ring-holder, carbon cap, battery-support, and batteryholdingplate. I I Like letters indicate like parts in all the views. l I

Theshell A of my battery consists,- preferably, of a homogeneous plastic material hardenedunder pressure formed of electrically non-conducting material and is provided with openings in the top (in which are molded rings B and B)'and with a discharge-orifice A plate E and caps D and wires 0, 0'," C D C and D and lampsocket I are also molded in the same with or without the carbons G being in the caps D.

The rings B and B are double-grooved rings provided with a cutaway, portion b through which the hooks h of the zinc H pass and engage with the upper of said grooves. The lower grooves serve to hold the said rings firmly in the insulating material of the case, which also extends up inside the said rings, thus entirely protecting the rings B and B from the action of the eXcitant.

My case has an interior partition a,-ex-

' .tending from the top almost to the bottom.

The independent bottom or cover Ais provided with a truncated cone-shaped sharp- Fig. 2

edged orifice or vent A serving to allow gas to escape, and with feet A, and with aventcloser consisting of a spring a cushion a and adjustable guard'or screw on.

The carbon blocks G are provided with a shoulder g and are preferably driven in the caps D, and the bottom or cover A then cemented in the shell A and the openings A and A temporarily closed, after which pref erably hot insulating material is poured in ordinarily through the ring B and the shell turned sidewise several times, so as to seal the corners of the cover, the joints being thus hermetically sealed. My zincs H have screws H cast in them, passing through plugs B and are provided with hooked disks h and nuts h. The .zincelectrodes H are inserted in the orifices in the shell, which are concentric with butsomewhat smaller than the rings B and B, and the hooks it passed through recesses b in the top of the rings B and B and engaged with theflanged tops of said rings,

and by screwing up the nuts h the elastic plugs B? are compressed and the zincs are hermetically sealed in the openings in the shell surrounding the rings B and B, forming a lining for the openings in the shell,

the washers B serving to protect the said rings from the action of the battery-excitant. Preferably horizontal binding-posts K K are used 5 and respectively connected with the wires (3 D running to cap D and ring B.

WiresO connect caps D, and wires 0 con nect caps D with rings B B. A lamp I is preferably connected by wires 03 and D with binding-posts K K by being screwed into the socket 1 the threaded socket being immovably molded in the shell connected with the invention or the operation of the remaining parts, and I do not therefore wish to be limited to the specific structural details of the organization herein set forth. Obviously the elements of the structure described may be located at an angle to the plane in which they are shown, or they maybe inverted, if desired. I accordingly use the words lateral, vertical, and the like in a relative sense.

\Vhen the battery stands on the feet A", the same will be inoperative; but upon reversing the battery the anodes and cathodes are immersed in the exciting fluid and the lamp will burn. I provide a swivel-joint for my battery by securing a strap or plateholder 1* (or clamp for handles J or J) to battery-case by a screw f. A springf serves to create sufficient friction in the joint to retain the battery in any position in which it may be placed. By means of a handle J, provided with an orifice J 2 for suspension purposes, my battery-lamp maybe used as a handlantern, or by use of the support J it may be utilized as a carriage-lamp. The plate E is also molded in my shell, as stated. It is provided with a lateral groove 6 and angular face 6 in order that the same may be rigidly held in position in said shell or cast.

My battery-case is, as stated, provided with means for filling or emptying the same, consisting of an opening or orifice A preferably lined with a metal ring a, to close which I use a pointed stopper a", made of the same material of which my case is constructed. A screw (0" is cast in the same, on which works a nut a, which serves to compress and laterally expand the flexible cushion a, thus enabling me to secure a tight joint. By the use of apointed stopper I avoid drippings falling from the same.

As it is evident that many changes in the construction and relative arrangement of parts might be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, I would have it understood that I do not restrict myself to the particular construction and arrangement of parts shown and described, but that I reserve the right to make such changes, and that \Vhat I claim is 1. A battery-case consisting of an electrically-non-conducting material provided with an oriiice having an insulated metallic ring molded in the same, the said ring being insulated from the interior of the case and having a flange extending outside the case, in combination with an electrode provided with an elastic plug to seal the case, and with means to engage the flange of the ring, whereby electric connection may be established through the ring and electrode outside the case or shell.

2. A double-grooved ring provided with a peripheral recessed portion, in combination with an electrode consisting of a body provided with a screw molded within it, and an elastic plug, and a disk provided with raised lateral adjusting, and actuating wings, the extremities being curved upward and then turned down so as to form hooks to engage a groove of the ring.

A double-grooved ring provided with a peripheral recessed portion, in combination with an engaging disk provided with raised lateral wings the extremities being turned down so as form hooks to engage a groove of the ring.

4. A battery-case consisting of a non-conducting material and having an independent cap, as D, molded in the same and insulated from the top and opening into the interior of the case or shell, and a carbon, as G, provided with a shoulder, as g, driven in said cap.

5. A battery-case consisting of a non-conducting material and having an independent cap, as D, molded in the same and insulated from the top and opening into the interior of the case or shell, and a carbon, as G, driven in said cap, and also a ring 13, and connectin g-wires also molded in the shell or case.

6-. A battery-case consisting of a non-conducting material and provided with a holding-plate, as E, molded in the same, in combination with a friction spring-holderfas the clamp P, and spring f, and means as a screw to hold the parts together.

7. A battery-case composed of a non-conducting material, and provided at one end with anodes and cathodes, and at the other with a vent-orifice consisting interiorly of a truncated cone located within a ring or guard integral with the case and provided with a sharp edge, in combination with a vent-stopper consisting of a cushion a supported by a spring a and an adjustable guard consisting of a screw to control the same, the case being provided with raised portions to support the said spring and adj ustable screw.

8. The combination with a battery-case composed of a non-conducting material and provided with metal caps D, embedded in the ease and opening into the interior thereof, and rings 7L, set in the top of the said case, and a lamp screw-socket 1 located in the front of the case about the center thereof, and with wires attached to electric connections for said caps, and for said .rings which are insulated from the interior of the case, said wires being also attached to said lamp screw-socket 1 which is practically flush with the box-face.

9. A box provided with an opening in the top having a concentric larger metal ring B, molded in the same, and a plurality of metal caps D, opening into the interior of the box, the said box also havinga recess in the front in which is a wire D connected with the metal caps and around which is a ring 1 immovably molded in the box-case, and being connected by a concealed wire 0", with the top ring.

10. A box molded with two openings in the top having larger projecting concentric metal rings B, and caps D, molded in and opening to the interior of the same, and with a partition extending nearly to the bottom of the box, and a discharge-openin g at one side lined with a metal ring a molded in said side.

11. A 1002i molded with a recess in the front I do hereby sigh the same, in the city of New and a recess in the rear, the first surrounded York, county and State of New York, this by a metal socket-ring 1 and the other bya 12th day of December, A. D. 1895.

metal plate E, b0th,beingimm0vab1y molded WILLIAM MORISON; 5 in the box and each having interior screw- Witnesses: 4 m

threaded openings. THQS. F. OREAN, *T'

In testimony of thef oregoing specification JJODELL FOWLER, Jr. 

